Upstart·Software Engineer

Upstart Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Negative

Columbus, OHPosted Jul 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience was messy and it dragged on for about two months.

The recruiter was the biggest problem for me—updates and replies to emails were late and the whole process felt slowed down rather than moving forward.

I kept getting the sense that I was being strung along. They said they would call to discuss the offer, but instead the call was just to inform me about a rejection. That mismatch between what was promised and what happened really soured the whole thing.

I didn’t get an offer, and I left feeling like I shouldn’t have invested the time. My honest reflection at the end was that the company talked up how great people were, but the reality of

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